Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Matt* Lucas Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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